大学外语英美文学答案

1、Melville 's is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy,religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. Billy BuddB. The Old Man and the SeaC. White JacketD. Moby Dickand sketches.s belief thatand that evilIn addition to his novels, wrote a

2、bout 120 short storiesAmong them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister 's Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne' “the wrong doing of one generationlives into the successive o

3、nes ”will come out of evil though it may take generations to happen.A. The Marble FaunB. The Blithedale RomanceC. Young Goodman BrownD. The House of Seven GablesWhich is regarded as the“Declaration of Intellectual IndependenceA. The Conduct of LifeB. Representative MenC. English TraitsD. The America

4、n ScholarWhich is generally as the Bible of New England TranscendentalismA. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-RelianceThere is a good reason to state that NewEngland Transcendentalism was actually on the Puritan soil.A. UnitarianismB. MysticismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism“ The uni verseis composed o

5、f Nature and the soul Spirit is prese nteverywhere”. This is the voice of the book Nature written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which pushed American romanticism into a new Phase, the phase of NewEngland .A. RomanticismB. TranscendentalismC. SymbolismD. NaturalismWashington Irving 's works are numerou

6、s, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book, of which the most famous and anthologized are and The Legend ofSleepy Hollow.A. A History of New YorkB. The PioneersC. Rip Van WinkleD. Leatherstocking TalesWashington Irving ' s first book appeared in 1809, titled .A. The History of New YorkB.

7、 The Marble FaunC. The American ScholarD. The Cop and the AnthemIn the early 19th century American moral values were essentially Puritan.Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did .A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. SentimentalismD. PuritanismWhich is the charac

8、ter who appears in the novel Moby DickA. Hester PrynneB. PearlC. Mr. HooperD. Ahabin AmericanHerman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne literature.A. The transcendentalistB. The largest brain with the largest heartC. The American scholarD. Father of American poetryNathaniel Hawthorne is a

9、 master of psychological insight and central subjectof his major works is the humansoul. Choose his short story from the following ones.A. OmooB. Uncle Tom ' s CabinC. Young Goodman BrownD. The PearlThe finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne' s symbolism is the recreation ofPuritan in .A. The

10、 Marble FaunB. The Ambitious GuestC. The Scarlet LetterD. Young Goodman BrownFrom Henry David Thoreau's jail experience came his famous essay, whichstates Thoreau ' s belief that no man should violate his conscience at the commandof a government.A. Common SenseB. Civil DisobedienceC. WaldenD

11、. NatureWhich essay is not written by Ralph Waldo EmersonA. Self-RelianceB. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School AddressD. Of StudiesWhich book is not written by Ralph Waldo EmersonA. NatureD. The RhodoraB. English TraitsC. NatureD. The RhodoraC. The RhodoraD. Representative MenB. English Trai

12、tsC. NatureD. The RhodoraForm the following, choose the characteristicsof Ralph Waldo Emerson' s poetry.A. Being highly individualB. Harsh rhythmsC. Lack of form and polishD. All of the aboveRalph Waldo Emerson 's first book is the fundamental document of hisphilosophy, and expresses his con

13、stant, deeply felt love for he natural scenes.A. Leatherstocking TalesB. WaldenC. NatureD. Daisy MillerChoose William Cullen Bryant ' s poem from the following ones.A. Voices of the NightB. LigeiaC. Song of MyselfD. ThanatopsisIn 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet

14、toappear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. William Cullen BryantC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip FreneauChoose Washington Irving ' s works from the following items.A. WaldenB. A History of New YorkC. Self-RelianceD. Sister CarrieIn the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general

15、 characteristics.Choose such characteristics from the following items.A. Moral enthusiasmB. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perceptionC. Presumption about the corrosive effect of human societyD. All of the aboventHerman Melville 's is not only an adventure story, but also a sig

16、nificaphilosophical work on spiritual exploration.A. The EggB. The Over-SoulC. NatureD. Moby DickA new had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. Itspread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. RomanticismC. NaturalismD. . Critical r

17、ealismTranscendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of the Puritanancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of NewEngland A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. HumanismD. UnitarianismLed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and , there arose a kindof teachi

18、ng of transcendentalism in the early 19th century.A. Mark TwainB. Theodore DreiserC. Henry David ThoreauD. Herman MelvilleTranscendentalists recognized as the“highest power of the soul” .A. intuitionB. thinkingC. logicD. date of the senses was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. HawthorneB.